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dEnnis, similar situation here... our parents divorced and I'm sure that has a lot to do with it. Also, when we moved to a new state in the middle of a school year, it's hard to make friends right away so we were always together, inside and outside playing hockey, wiffleball and stuff all the time I hear people say that too, wish they were closer. It's funny because I don't understand how people aren't that close, haha

I'll join in... and I’ll be honest so I’m sure I’ll piss many people off that read this… sorry but real is real I don't post very often but look/read the board every Monday-Friday. I never have consumed an illegal or recreational drug. I didn't even drink until I was 21. (maybe a few sips before 21) I do judge people in a negative way that do drugs … and yes smoking weed counts as a drug. I have never been sick from drinking and only had a ‘hang over’ once but never got sick. Really the only reason for this is because I’m scared to be sick basically, and have always tried to be sensible to what I drink… A few times I got lucky and didn’t puke, if you count that as lucky. I’d rather have a good buzz for hours than get crazy drunk, get sick and not remember anything the next day. I don’t have any tattoos/piercings (I could maybe see a tattoo scenario in the future but no way a piercing) I do judge people with tattoos/piercings in a mostly negative way… but one of my best friends has dozens of both and my daughter does too (but not surprising to me, they aren’t exactly on the path to success and each complain about their situation all the while getting more of both) I believe that Stereotypes have been created for a reason… and just because something isn’t 100% inclusive doesn’t mean it’s not true and you can’t laugh about it I think I would have loved growing up and living in the 1950s-60s. Between the politeness and respectfulness of society, and the music, I think I would have loved it (knowing what I know now of course, haha) I have now lived in my present city longer (14yrs) than I ever lived in Buffalo(13yrs) but I still feel like Buffalo is home and always will be. I’ve lived in the state of PA more than twice as long as I did in Buffalo but don’t feel like this is home. I will probably never move back to the state of NY even if I win the lottery because of their taxes and gun laws.. I hate my job/career and many times in the past 3 months I have said out loud when walking into my building “WHAT THE F*CK AM I DOING HERE?” I have a degree in Secondary Social Studies Education (basically history HS teacher) and have never worked in that field. I don’t really mind not using that degree, but I hate the corporate world I live in now. I love creating with Photoshop, editing photos and creating cool graphics but after working on the computer all day at work (not fun stuff), I don’t do it as much as I’d like to anymore. I’m not on twitter and wish I could leave Facebook… if my family and friends lived near me (not one does) I could easily do this but I’m afraid to lose touch with them. I enjoy old forms of communication to let people know you are thinking about them such as mailing a letter or a note or a card because I think it shows more effort and thoughtfulness than sending a text or email. I am a dying breed when it comes to this. I still send texts and emails but like to mail something to people special in my life just to let them know I appreciate them. I talk to my brother on the phone at least 5 times a week, people think it’s strange how close we are. I go to the movies at least twice a month, sometimes more depending on what’s out. I love the big screen theater experience. I usually go alone to the first showing on a Saturday morning, I like it that way because there are less people to annoy me and I don’t have to worry about anyone else. I overthink everything… everything. This list probably took me an hour to get down. After re-reading all these, I sound like an a$$hole that doesn’t have any fun… haha. I laugh a lot every day and enjoy things more than anyone I’ve ever known… I don’t get people that don’t laugh every day. I have an entire room in my house devoted to Batman comic books, Batman related collectibles, and Star Wars collectibles. I can’t believe anyone kept reading to make it to this item… so I’ll stop now.

i was away for the last four days sorry I didn't bet on the last couple... since i'm at 145, i'll go all in on Detroit.

i'm at 115... so i don't know how the "all in" works but i'd like to put it on St. Louis.

I need to get back into skating and hopefully playing... I was all "gung ho" about 5 years ago and took lessons and skated 3-4 times a week, then got discouraged because I couldn't get into any low skill leagues. I went to 'stick time' all the time and met some guys but either they were decent/good and had teams already or they didn't have an "IN" either. All the leagues near me are basically the same guys/teams every "season" and unless I know another 15 guys to start a team I'm basically out of luck. And from the games I've watched, every C level league has guys in it that really should be in A level but like to dominate for half the game so they play in C league. Good luck PA and keep at it, when things start clicking it's an awesome feeling isn't it?

@455 340 on New Jersey

i'm glad they announced his number being retired. He deserves it. ... but unlike many on here, I think at least one if not two more should be up there. 5 and 10. Ramsey and Ramsay. For those of you who didn't get to see them play, i'm sorry. but go look at the stats and ask alumni or old timers... those guys should be up there. I don't believe 2 should be up there, it's a tragedy that Horton died while a member of the team but he did most of his work in another uniform. Honor him but no need to retire his number. I've read/heard several people name guys that have been honored/retired from other teams that think it's insane that Ramsay and Ramsey don't have this honor in Buffalo but other "lesser" players on other teams do just because they were on teams that won a cup. Just my 2 cents

200 on Nashville

I thought since it was an even 100 i could break it up... sorry. so tell me what the official decision is, does it totally negate the bet or just ignore the 50 and make the bet 300? I'm fine with either ruling. Sorry about the confusion :oops:

i'm @655, 350 on Buffalo

i'm dumb apparently and can't figure out the "multiquote" feature... anyway... replying to JJFIVEOH from above... I can understand what you are saying and would be totally fine with Ott or Moulson coming back and playing for us... Moulson has 6-10 years left, your point makes sense. The way Ott plays, I'm not sure if he has that many years left... I hope he does but "running into a brick wall" 8+ times a night shortens the career, and he can't rely on his hands to stick around (like the Jagr type). The next contract Ott gets is probably his last, I could be wrong (i hope I am), so I don't know if he is OK with signing up with a team that will be ready to make a real run at the Cup when he is either in his last year or will get cut. Like I said, i hope I'm wrong and we get these guys and still suck for two years and then in 3-5 yrs, Ott's name is on the Cup just below the words Buffalo Sabres. But just for my own emotional rollercoaster sanity, i'm going in like these types of signings won't happen this year.

I'd be on board for that too, but what I'm saying is the guys that people are naming won't sign up for it. The players have a say in where they play, just because a team wants to sign him to a HUGE contract doesn't mean the player wants to willingly waste 3 years of their career with no chance at a cup. If Ott or Calahan or whoever is willing to do it, GREAT, but don't get mad when it doesn't happen. It probably isn't Tim Murray's fault if a guy like that doesn't get signed this year, the players and agents get final say.

i don't think this needs to be done this year... next year doesn't matter at all. Bring the guy in for 2015 or maybe even 2016... our picks and prospects won't be ready to do anything until then at the earliest. A player like those mentioned won't want to come here and SUCK for two years just so in year 3 they can make a push for the 7 or 8 spot with things "looking up." I think those guys will love to be here come 2016-17 and beyond but before that is kind of silly. I hate to say it but I think this is why maybe Nolan won't sign his extension... it's not in his DNA to NOT want to win now and the business plan is to suck for one more year and be somewhat bad the year after that and then hopefully make a push to the 8 spot and beyond. I know it's hard for some fans to deal with but the Sabres will not even attempt to make the playoffs until the 2015-2016 season and maybe really not until 2016- 2017season

180 on the Sharks

210 on columbus

currently at 1145... 100 on Buffalo

100 on buffalo

I agree but playing Grigs with John Scott and now with Cody McCormick every night doesn't exactly put him in the best situation to succeed and can't be exciting for him. Play him with the best we have, or atleast the top 5, and see what happens for a few games in a row.

i know Nolan is a "hard working guy" and all that... but I hope they tell him to play the kids and play them a lot! more so than that, play them with good players, and tell them to go have fun and create. Tell them to not worry about being in the right place defensively all the time because that's when they stop using their God given talents. We need to see if Grigs and others can BE the guys... if they get ruined at 19, we'll be looking at Tim Connolly again. we aren't good... so I don't care if we lose 6-3 if we can see glimpses of what Grigs and others can be. I don't care if they are a -2 every night if they are giving us hope. right now, losing 2-0 because Miller makes 48 saves is NOT fun and gives me no hope.

i'm kind of glad Nolan doesn't have a 3 yr contract or something... he knows his role and it's just to fill a hole until the pieces are in place. I'm sure if things are going well, they'll give him a shot but I like that he seems to know just to do what they want and not worry about his job future. I hope they tell him, "let the kids play and have fun, if they end up being a -3 but have 2 points or great chances and learning, then so be it. We need to see what they can do without handcuffs on"

with tonight's win I think i'm at 1040, but I could be wrong... (I was at 600, then won the anahiem game for 100 and won tonight for 340 - If i'm doing it correctly)

200 on Buffalo

300 on Ducks

Maybe this point isn't just Rolston, although I think it is... but I think Grigirenko is basically ruined and I see no reason for him to not RUN back to russia when his contract is up at this point. I'm not saying I want this to happen, I'm saying he is probably thinking this way. I know "he has to earn ice time" and all that, but this kid was hailed as SUPER talented and he's being giving about 10:00 a night which sounds ok until you realize he's out there with no body most of the time and really can't "get going"... this kid doesn't look happy and this goes beyond the team losing type of not happy I think. How can he be excited to come to the rink every day when he doesn't think he's being given a chance to succeed when he's on the ice with John Scott? I know it's his job and all that but come on, he's 19 and he's been told he's awesome since he was probably what, 13? or earlier? Now all he hears is that he's not working hard enough... so he gets crap time... yet when Leino comes back from injury, he'll get put on a decent line and won't produce and no one will say anything. Stafford had two decent games, but still produced ###### and we still suck. If you Grig's changed jersey's with either of those two, would anyone even notice??? So if we suck now with Grig's on the 4th line, who cares if we suck with him playing on a "top" or at least better line? I'd rather have him be a minus 3 while trying to see what he can do, have him really learn, have fun and be exciting, than what we have now, which is losing with him showing nothing and looking like a wasted high pick. Really what he needs can't happen because of stupid rules... he needs to be in the AHL, playing a lot and riding buses. But since that isn't an option, just let him "develop" on the 4th line ? ugh, I don't like that option either.

as soon as I saw it was from Portland, OR... I got annoyed. Then the first two paragraphs annoyed me further with the writer trying way to hard to find strange words to get his point across to show he's smarter than everyone else. Needless to say I didn't read past the first page... I don't think i'm missing anything.